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DICKIES LOFTS (N & W OVERALL COMPANY)

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1928. 736 S. President St.

The N & W Overall Company, producers of work clothing, built this plant as an expansion of their Lynchburg, Virginia, headquarters. It represented an early success in Mississippi’s effort to lure manufacturers from other states. The sturdy four-story building, with brick infill between the exposed concrete frame, steel-framed windows, and heavy timber posts inside, was designed with fire control, natural light, and ventilation in mind. During World War II the company supplied uniforms for the U.S. Army, and by 1951 its Jackson operations employed 470 people. The Williamson-Dickie Company took over the plant in 1973. Vacated in the early 1990s, the building has been converted to loft-style live/work studios and offices.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller
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Citation

Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller, "DICKIES LOFTS (N & W OVERALL COMPANY)", [Jackson, Mississippi], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MS-02-JM32.

Print Source

Buildings of Mississippi, Jennifer V. O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio. With Mary Warren Miller. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021, 249-249.

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